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Friday, February 21, 2014

Beware of lazily giving up. Instead, put up a glorious fight and you will find yourself empowered with His strength. ~Oswald Chambers

Blogging is such an honor. I'm so often blessed just thinking about God calling me to this place. It's completely out of my comfort zone -- this laying my heart out for all to view.There are so many bloggers I admire. It's easy to pick out the ones who blog with authenticity. And there are more than you realize. It would be impossible to mention them all, but Jennifer from Finding Heaven: Opening to Jesus, Finding Grace and host of the Soli Deo Gloria, wrote a post that spoke to me today. It's a short post and well worth reading. I suspect I'm not the only one who fights the enemy daily. Fighting the constant reminders of the times I've failed. This is how Jennifer wrote it, Doubt upon doubt, drop by drop, until I am awashed in a sea of unbelief and self-criticism.I know it's the devil reminding me of yesterday's failures and failures of years gone by. He wins when he can get me to relive the failures and keep me from living victorious.

Jen's urging of putting on the armor of God really will defeat the devil. God's Word promises, Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm (Ephesians 6:13-16).The belt of truth The breastplate of righteousness Speedy shoes to tell the Good News of the Gospel The shield of faith The helmet of salvation The sword of the spiritSatan fights when we are weary. He fights when life brings extra joys. He fights in the middle of the ordinary. I remember once years ago when the Enemy just wouldn't let up. I was weary of the battle. I started each day mentally putting on God's armor. It was amazing what happened. Satan could not penetrate the armor! Reading the truth Brandishing the sword by quoting Scripture Praising God for my salvation Telling others about my God and the peace He gives Claiming victory in faith Doing all I can to be obedient to GodDress in God's armor. March through your day and claim the victory!

12 comments:

What a blessing to read your post today! I have even copied the two parts listing the armor and what you do to fulfill them- and I am going to print it and hang it as a daily reminder. God bless, Lisa :O)

Hi Pam, I have been having a bit of a health battle and it has at times defeated me. The other day I was listening to a sermon online about the full armor of God. it had been awhile since I had read those passages. What a great defense against the anxiety, worry and doubt that illness can bring...thank you for another perspective of this great gift!

I would like to share a little story with you about the armor of God. Several years ago, I did a VBS about the armor of God and stressed putting it one before you did anything for the day. Used lots of references to school, etc. There was a boy in that VBS who was mentally disabled and didn't seem to be absorbing anything. Boy was I wrong. His mom came to me after school started and said that he would stop every morning before he got on the bus and "put on his armor". He told the bus driver and other students about each piece and what they would do for him. I saw that boy this past year and he reminded me of that VBS and his armor.